Prostitution Licensing Authority Welcome to the Prostitution Licensing Authority The Prostitution Licensing Authority (PLA) was established to regulate prostitution in Queensland by implementing the Prostitution Act 1999. Our mission is to ensure that brothels are licensed and regulated in the community interest. The PLA is committed to: the principles of respect, integrity and impartiality promoting and improving safety and health in the sex industry and in the wider community preventing corruption and organised crime in licensed brothels ensuring that all its activities are based on the best information and research available to it. We hope you find our website useful and informative. The PLA welcomes your suggestions and encourage you to contact us with any comments you may have.   Note: This site contains documents supplied in Portable Document Format (PDF). If you have any problems viewing these files, please Contact us and we will endeavour to arrange an alternative.

What's New Announcements PLA Response to the CMC Report, Regulating Prostitution A follow-up review of the Prostitution Act 1999. PLA Media Release 29 June 2011 ( 29 KB) Guidelines for the Advertisment of Social Escort Services The PLA has assumed responsibility for the regulation of social (i.e. non-sexual) escort services advertising. The PLA has issued Guidelines for the advertisement of social escort services. Social escorts, social escort providers, and publishers MUST self-assess the proposed advertisement to ensure that it complies with the guidelines. It is an offence to publish an advertisement that does not comply with the guidelines. Guidelines for social escort services advertising ( 82KB) Queensland Fire and Rescue Service If you are an owner of, or a business person occupying, a building in Queensland you have legal obligations to ensure the safety of any person in that building in the event of a fire or a hazardous material emergency.  Important management tools and information can be found at the following webpage: http://www.fire.qld.gov.au/buildingsafety/legislation.asp Respect Inc The new sex worker service, Respect Inc, is now up and running. Respect Inc is the successor organisation to SQWISI. It is a peer based sex worker organisation which delivers education, information, and advocacy services to sex workers throughout the state. For further information: email: info@respectqld.org.au web: www.respectqld.org.au Licensed Brothels View the Brothels page for a full list of the licensed brothels in Queensland. Publications In Touch - Issue 68 - May 2012 ( 76 KB) About the PLA ( 90 KB) Approved Managers ( 89 KB) Brothel Licensees ( 89 KB) General Offences Relating to Prostitution ( 90 KB) Key Responsibilities for Licensees and Managers ( 91 KB) Making a Complaint ( 87 KB) Prostitution Enforcement Taskforce ( 87 KB) Select Prostitution Statistics ( 93 KB) Sex Work and the Law ( 144 KB) Working Whilst Knowingly Infective with an STI English  ( 95 KB)          Chinese ( 119 KB) Korean ( 122 KB)          Thai ( 100 KB) Legal Advice - Sole Operator Sex Workers ( 43 KB) Annual Report 2010-2011 Service Delivery Statement 2011 - 2012 ( 137 KB) Strategic Plan 2010-14 ( 40 KB) The Swedish Model The Ban on Purchasing Sex in Sweden - The So-Called Swedish Model  ( 1427KB)